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6 Nov 2016

#206 A letter to Zindagi

What a wonderful companion you turn out to be! Thanks for everything that
you offered or snatched away from me which made me realize the worth of every
little thing that I've come across.

I started to receive blessings of my life since the day I landed on my
mother’s hand and surprisingly I was not alone! I was accompanied by a sweet
little angel in form of my twin little sister who happened to be 12 minutes
younger to me. So, you handed the responsibility of an elder sister over my
shoulder the very -first- 12-minutes of my life. Then my childhood was spent in
a joint family in Bhubaneswar with many supervisors who at times made me very
pampered. Being the first child of a big Indian family, I was the apple of
everyone’s eye. All my needs were always met without any fail or delay. You put
me in an intellectual family whose values were very strong and I received all
needed support and care from family members. I was always surrounded by my friends
in my family which included my grandparents, uncles, aunts and parents who took
a keen interest in my activities by always encouraging me. I was enrolled in a
very religious Hindu-school who implanted the seed of spiritualism from the
early stage of my life. I learned to recite Sanskrit Shlokas and play with
numbers. My talents were very well nurtured and groomed. My mother’s
birthplace Puri, happened to be a place of get-together of all my cousins
during vacations. Memories of staging plays with my cousins are still alive.

You gave me an opportunity to complete my secondary education at Kanpur
where I grew to be a very matured and disciplined girl. Knowing about my
reticent nature, you introduced me to the world of words, numbers, colours and
melody who became my virtual companions very soon. I have started to enjoy
their company without expecting much from the surrounding. How penning down
feelings over a piece of paper acts as a medium of introspection- you taught me
that very well. The kind of people I came across left an indelible print in my
mind. You fostered my spirit of competition in a positive way by keeping me
away from the poisonous feeling of jealousy. Equal treatment of us (sisters) by
my parents never let even a dint of jealousy to flourish. You presented me a
set of exemplary persons whom I stated to consider as my teachers and a set of
friends for life. I can never forget to recall the wonderful trips I made to
the cities of Allahabad, Mathura,Vrindavan,Jaipur,Khajuraho,Agra,Lucknow,
Pantnagar,Nainitaal,Jammu

So, my education revolved around cities like Bhubaneswar, Kanpur, Sarang
(Talcher),Hyderabad ,Indore(and continuing). I got an opportunity to come
across people of different states, languages, cultures and religions because of
it. You’ve made me appreciate the beauty within yourself. You’re the embodiment
of all emotions- the storehouse of all experiences.

How wisely you have made me realise that the little sacrifice like
staying away from home for a bigger purpose of life is nothing as compared to
the countless sacrifices made by my parents for me! You have taught me to be
brave and develop a never-give-up attitude no matter how hard the situations
turn out to be. Now, I’ve developed the patience of going through the
struggling phase of my life.

Thanks for surprising me with those wonderful rewarding experiences during the
time of disappointment. Thanks for believing in the uniqueness of my existence.

Last but not the least, I have no words to express my gratitude for you
for having silently taught me different experiences of joys,tears,
,success,failures,hopes,disappointments.